[Event "DCA Practice Tournament 5 Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/5m3GeLGA"] [Date "2026.04.28"] [Round "-"] [White "Pendse"] [Black "kushalmetha"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "5m3GeLGA"] [UTCDate "2026.04.28"] [UTCTime "13:45:11"] [WhiteElo "1142"] [BlackElo "863"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+20"] [BlackRatingDiff "-11"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+5"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.18] } 1... e6 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.11] } { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } 2... e5? { (0.11 → 1.28) Mistake. d5 was best. } { [%eval 1.28] } (2... d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. h3 Bd6 7. Bd3) 3. Bc4 { [%eval 0.89] } 3... Nf6?! { (0.89 → 1.85) Inaccuracy. d6 was best. } { [%eval 1.85] } (3... d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Be7 7. Qb3 O-O 8. Nc3) 4. Ng5?? { (1.85 → -0.04) Blunder. Nxe5 was best. } { [%eval -0.04] } (4. Nxe5 d5 5. exd5 Bd6 6. d4 O-O 7. Nc3 Nfd7 8. Nxd7 Nxd7) 4... d5 { [%eval -0.16] } 5. exd5 { [%eval -0.06] } 5... Nxd5? { (-0.06 → 1.45) Mistake. h6 was best. } { [%eval 1.45] } (5... h6 6. Nf3 e4 7. Ne5 Qe7 8. d4 exd3 9. f4 Nbd7 10. O-O) 6. Qf3 { [%eval 1.35] } 6... f6?? { (1.35 → 4.58) Blunder. Qxg5 was best. } { [%eval 4.58] } (6... Qxg5 7. Bxd5 Qf6 8. Bxb7 Bxb7 9. Qxb7 Qc6 10. Qc8+ Ke7 11. Qh3) 7. Qh5+?? { (4.58 → -0.74) Blunder. Bxd5 was best. } { [%eval -0.74] } (7. Bxd5 Nc6 8. Nf7 Nd4 9. Nxd8 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Kxd8 11. d3 c6) 7... g6 { [%eval -0.7] } 8. Qf3 { [%eval -0.93] } 8... fxg5?? { (-0.93 → 2.00) Blunder. c6 was best. } { [%eval 2.0] } (8... c6 9. Ne4 f5 10. Nec3 Be6 11. d3 Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. a4 Na6 14. Re1) 9. Bxd5 { [%eval 2.04] } 9... Qxd5?? { (2.04 → 4.98) Blunder. Qd7 was best. } { [%eval 4.98] } (9... Qd7 10. Bxb7 Bxb7 11. Qxb7 Qc6 12. Qxc6+ Nxc6 13. Nc3 Nd4 14. Kd1 g4 15. d3) 10. Qxd5 { [%eval 4.9] } 10... Nc6 { [%eval 5.01] } 11. O-O { [%eval 4.64] } 11... Bd7 { [%eval 4.63] } 12. Qb5 { [%eval 3.95] } 12... Nd4?! { (3.95 → 6.03) Inaccuracy. Bd6 was best. } { [%eval 6.03] } (12... Bd6 13. Qxb7 Rb8 14. Qxb8+ Nxb8 15. d3 Nc6 16. Be3 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Nd2) 13. Qxe5+ { [%eval 6.3] } 13... Ne6 { [%eval 6.13] } 14. Qxh8 { [%eval 6.1] } 14... Nd4 { [%eval 7.82] } 15. Re1+ { [%eval 7.5] } 15... Be6 { [%eval 8.86] } 16. c3 { [%eval 7.84] } 16... Nc2 { [%eval 8.21] } 17. Rxe6+ { [%eval 7.74] } 17... Kd8? { (7.74 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kd7 was best. } { [%eval #3] } (17... Kd7 18. Qxh7+ Kxe6 19. Qxg6+ Kd7 20. Qxc2 Re8 21. Qf5+ Re6 22. Qxe6+ Kxe6 23. Kf1) 18. Qxf8+ { [%eval #2] } 18... Kd7 { [%eval #2] } 19. Qe7+ { [%eval #1] } 19... Kc8 { [%eval #1] } 20. Qe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0